Safety-pin



I (No Model.)

. M. RHINE.

SAFETY PIN.

No. 606,427. Patented June 28,1898.

Eric.

MINNIE RHINE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAFETY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,427, dated June 28,1898.

Application filed Octoberii, 1897.,

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MINNIE RHINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement inSafety-Pins, of which the following is a specification;

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in doublesafety-pins, and has for its object to provide a simple and cheap deviceof this description which may be utilized for the various purposes towhich such devices are put and have but little tendency to set or becomedisarranged.

With these ends in view this invention con sists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth,and thenspecifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective of a pin made in accordance with myimprovement; Fig. 2, a detail perspective of the metal strip for holdingthe two sections of the pin in place relative to each other.

In carrying out my invention as here e1nbodied I take a single piece ofwire and so bend it as to produce the two hooks A, suitable cross-bars,shanks B, and the prongs 0, between which latter and the shanks areformed the spring-coils D. After this operation the thin' sheet-metalstrip E (shown in Fig. 2,) is bent around the shanks and crossbars, asclearly shown in Fig. 1, thereby securing said shanks together andinclosing the cross-bars. ,This arrangement leaves a sufficientlength ofthe shanks free to add spring Serial No. 654,534. (No model.)

action tothe prongs, and this, in connection with the coil-springs D,will permit the movements of the prongs without liability of setting.The shanks are bent upward in leaving the cross-bars and downward inreaching the coils, the object of which is to remove the shanks out ofthe same plane. To prevent the pulling apart of the sections of the pin,I provide a T-shaped plate or strip, as shown in Fig. 2, having the armsA A, which are bent A safety-pin consisting of a single piece of.

wire doubled on itself and then bent to produce a T-shaped figure havingthe shanks B and hooked arms A, A, the ends 0, C, of the wire'being bentparallel with the shanks to engage the hooks, said shanks being bentdown just before their junction with the arms A, A, and the ends 0, 0,whereby said ends are in a plane below that of the shanks, and incombination a T-shaped plate having the arms A, A, and the shank E, saidarms being bent around the arms A, A, and the shank E around the shanksB, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I- have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MINNIE RI-IINE. Witnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMSON, SAMUEL L. TAYLOR.

